Plebejus lupini texanus (Goodpasture, 1973)
("Lupine" Blue)

Type Specimens
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Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Plebejus Kluk, 1780

Zwierz. Hist. Nat. Pocz. Gospod. 4: 89-92, no. 148. Type-species: Papilio argus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 483, no. 152, by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(845): 224. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 278 placed Plebejus on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 705. This name has been spelled various ways; the spelling given in the Official List is the proper spelling by rule (Code Article 79.4.1). Bálint et al. (2001), Folia Entomol. Hung. 62: 177-184, discussed this issue.

Plebejus lupini (Boisduval, 1869)

The arrangement of taxa under this species should be considered tentative; some of these may represent species-level taxa.

Annls. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 12: 46-47, no. 23; figured by Oberthür (1913), Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(1): pl. 238, figs. 1961 ♂ D&V, 1962 ♀ D&V.

Original Combination: Lycaena lupini

Type Locality: “le sud de la Californie”; defined as “Gold Lake, Sierra County, California” by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 27.

Types: Lectotype in USNM, designated by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 27, figs. 192 ♂ D, 193 ♂ V.

Plebejus lupini texanus (Goodpasture, 1973)

Pan-Pac. Entomol. 49(2): 149-151, figs. 2 ♂ uncus, 5 ♂ uncus, 8 ♀ sterigma, map 1, 12 ♂ D (holotype), 15 ♀ D, 16 ♂ V, 19b ♀ sterigma.

Original Combination: Icaricia acmon texanus

Type Locality: “1 mi. S Hillside, Yavapai Co., Arizona”

Types: Holotype in LACM.

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